The Marilla Town Board will hold four public hearings today but it is expected to act only on two of them.
Action is expected on the amended zoning law that will allow property owners who have been granted a zoning change extended time to build as long as they prove they are working on the property in good faith. Supervisor George Gertz said the amended law is a good one. If no work is performed on a rezoned piece of property within a year, the zoning will revert back to its original status.
The car show permit will be voted upon and the board will vote on a resolution to close Two Rod Rd. for the one-day event on July 27.
A pubic hearing on a lot on E. Blood Road will not be acted upon by the board until the Town hears from the county. The same goes for a rezoning request for a parcel on Clinton Street owned by Leon Berner. The town has to hear from the County and the Department of Environmental Conservation regarding wetlands on the site. This has to be done every five years said Gertz.
Warren Handley told the board it has been brought to his attention that half the geranium plants purchased by the town have been removed from the Evergreen Cemetery. He said the town put them in pots on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day with the intention of moving them to other town sites within three days. But somebody took them before they could be moved. They cost the town $1000. The other two cemeteries in town have plenty of shade but the Evergreen Cemetery has lots of sun and there is no way to water them, so they always have been moved so they wouldn’t go to waste.
Highway Superintendent Ron Unverdorben, who also serves the town as caretaker of the pavilion and civil war monument, said his crew will pour a sidewalk on each side of the flag pole at the Veterans Memorial so people don’t step in the mud. He is also building an archway to show medallions of all five armed services.
The board reviewed prices for a computer generated message sign for the front of the Community Center at 1840 Two Rod Rd. Protek’s price is $15,475 for a 42-inch-by-61-inch sign. It would be lighted between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. and would have no moving messages, scrolling or flashing, as this takes too much attention away for motorists. The sign will be able to do multiple messages one after the other.
The board received a letter from a Stolle Road resident who purchased his home one year ago and is complaining of water problems he would like the town to pay to have fixed. He wants the town to dig a ditch of 100 feet uphill toward Elma. But the town cannot spend taxpayers money on a private property. Gertz and Unverdorben said the house is not in danger, the water runs through the yard and existed when the house was built and was there when he bought the property. The owner said the water runs through his land from farm fields and the water is polluting a pond in the rear of the property.
The board directed the town attorney to write a letter to the owner explaining the town’s situation.
Action is expected on the amended zoning law that will allow property owners who have been granted a zoning change extended time to build as long as they prove they are working on the property in good faith. Supervisor George Gertz said the amended law is a good one. If no work is performed on a rezoned piece of property within a year, the zoning will revert back to its original status.
The car show permit will be voted upon and the board will vote on a resolution to close Two Rod Rd. for the one-day event on July 27.
A pubic hearing on a lot on E. Blood Road will not be acted upon by the board until the Town hears from the county. The same goes for a rezoning request for a parcel on Clinton Street owned by Leon Berner. The town has to hear from the County and the Department of Environmental Conservation regarding wetlands on the site. This has to be done every five years said Gertz.
Warren Handley told the board it has been brought to his attention that half the geranium plants purchased by the town have been removed from the Evergreen Cemetery. He said the town put them in pots on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day with the intention of moving them to other town sites within three days. But somebody took them before they could be moved. They cost the town $1000. The other two cemeteries in town have plenty of shade but the Evergreen Cemetery has lots of sun and there is no way to water them, so they always have been moved so they wouldn’t go to waste.
Highway Superintendent Ron Unverdorben, who also serves the town as caretaker of the pavilion and civil war monument, said his crew will pour a sidewalk on each side of the flag pole at the Veterans Memorial so people don’t step in the mud. He is also building an archway to show medallions of all five armed services.
The board reviewed prices for a computer generated message sign for the front of the Community Center at 1840 Two Rod Rd. Protek’s price is $15,475 for a 42-inch-by-61-inch sign. It would be lighted between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. and would have no moving messages, scrolling or flashing, as this takes too much attention away for motorists. The sign will be able to do multiple messages one after the other.
The board received a letter from a Stolle Road resident who purchased his home one year ago and is complaining of water problems he would like the town to pay to have fixed. He wants the town to dig a ditch of 100 feet uphill toward Elma. But the town cannot spend taxpayers money on a private property. Gertz and Unverdorben said the house is not in danger, the water runs through the yard and existed when the house was built and was there when he bought the property. The owner said the water runs through his land from farm fields and the water is polluting a pond in the rear of the property.
The board directed the town attorney to write a letter to the owner explaining the town’s situation.